Table-turning God,
your turning of the tables is not popular here;
your emphasis on love instead of power is considered foolish;
your righteous anger in the face of despicable behavior … Read More
Saturday Prayer, March 6, 2021
Nancy Donovan took the picture below when it was 12℉, and the snow was falling. She is not a church-goer but she called her picture “Lilac resurrection.” God, I give you thanks,not so much for the Eastercoming in twenty-nine more days,but the everyday eastersthat look like … home from the hospital after covid,ninety meetings in… Read More
Friday Prayer
There are things that happen that are unthinkable, but not unimaginable. We are able to imagine them, but we push them away because we do not want to think about them. What is unimaginable is living after the unthinkable. Holy and merciful God, we pray with broken hearts for all who are living- breath by… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: Flipping Tables and Finding Lost Things
Preaching Pals! Ready or not, here it comes! It’s time to make preparations for the Third Sunday in Lent. My schedule is a bit lighter as I am sharing monologues featuring people in the Bible on Sunday mornings as we hear from Peter, Martha, Lazarus, and Thomas, to name a few, but your schedule may… Read More
The Pastoral Is Political: Preaching to the Choir!
When will our theological schools, especially ones that pride themselves on being progressive, stop privileging white men’s writing and experience? Read More
Tuesday Prayer
Spirit of Life, Tomorrow holds so much of the unknown.Anxiety inflames our spirits, cutting off the pathways to your peace. In the valleys of the unknown and on the roads of dread, fill our spaces with light.In the peaks of grief and the plains of pain, fill our hearts with peace. We release the future… Read More
worship words for the 3rd Sunday in Lent
If you are looking for some words to use for worship, or some inspiration for your own, here are some you can use or adapt, thanks to members of our RevGals community. If you can please give credit in video descriptions or print versions, that would be great, though spoken verbal attribution is not necessary… Read More
Narrative Lectionary: Lost and Found (Luke 15:1-32)
When my daughter was in middle school, she was torn between her natural thriftiness and a longing for the “it” lunch bag. In a storm of middle school angst, we talked about this dilemma day after day, until one day it solved itself. The longed-for lunch bag appeared in the school lost and found. It… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Covenants
Let the ends of the earth remember and worship; tell tomorrow, and yesterday, and today to bow. Read More
Saturday Prayer: Mountains out of Molehills
Sugarloaf Mountain, Maryland Holy One, I stare at the rising trail, and I sigh. I am facing my fears… counting the steps… calculating if I’m ready to go. The goal is so far away. You invite. You encourage. You Call… this is your work… this is your place… this is your task… these are my… Read More